The Laundromat is a 2019 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Official trailers
Netflix on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 released the trailer:
The Laundromat | Official Trailer | Netflix.
Story intro
The film opens with Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca introducing themselves and the concept and system of money laundering. For the rest of the film, Mossack and Fonseca act as narrators for three stories of people around the world that are affected by the company Mossack Fonseca. Ellen Martin and her husband Joe are on a pleasure boat at Lake George, New York when it suddenly capsizes, drowning Joe. When Ellen tries to get compensation from the boating company for Joe's death, she is unable to because the reinsurance company that the boat companies' owner and his son Matthew bought their policy from, was sold to another company based out of Nevis that is actually a trust to one of Mossack's shell companies, and is under investigation by the IRS for fraud. After her attempts to contact Mossack and the Nevis-based company are unsuccessful, Ellen travels to Nevis herself to confront the manager of the trust, Malchus Boncamper, but he tricks and evades her and escapes to Miami only to be caught and arrested by IRS Agents at Miami's airport. The second story is about Simone, the daughter of an African billionaire, Charles, who discovers that her best friend is having an affair with her father. In order to prevent Simone from telling her mother about the affair, Charles offers her shares from one of his investment companies that are supposedly worth $20 million. She accepts his offer, but when she travels to Mossack's offices in Panama City to claim ownership of the shares, they turn out to be worthless as they are actually part of a shell company under Mossack that only existed on paper.
Cast
- Meryl Streep
- Ellen Martin
- Gary Oldman
- Jürgen Mossack
- Antonio Banderas
- Ramón Fonseca
- Jeffrey Wright
- Malchus Irvin Boncamper
- David Schwimmer
- Matthew Quirk
- Robert Patrick
- Captain Paris
- Sharon Stone
- Hannah
- Rosalind Chao
- Gu Kailai
- James Cromwell
- Joe Martin
- Melissa Rauch
- Melanie
- Matthias Schoenaerts
- Maywood
- Will Forte
- Doomed Gringo #1
- Chris Parnell
- Doomed Gringo #2
- Larry Wilmore
- Jeff
- Jay Paulson
- Pastor Conners
- Cristela Alonzo
- Special Agent Kilmer
- Nonso Anozie
- Charles
- Nikki Amuka-Bird
- Miranda
- Jesse Wang
- Bo Xilai
- Jessica Allain
- Simone
- Marsha Stephanie Blake
- Vincelle Boncamper
- Veronica Osorio
- Mr. Mossack's Secretary
- AJ Meijer
- Hominid #1
- Arsenio Castellanos
- Hominid #2
- Lucy Morningstar
- Hominid #3
- Jeff Michalski
- Norm Sidley
- Jane Morris
- Barb Sidley
- Chris McLaughlin
- First Mate
- Juliet Donenfeld
- Thalia
- Brock Brenner
- Kaylen
- Larry Clarke
- Ellen's Lawyer
- Daniyar
- Sergei
- Alexander Stasko
- Felix
- Amy Louise Pemberton
- Friend of Sergei and Felix
- Noro Otitigbe
- United Receptionist
- Myron Parker Wright
- Richard Boncamper
- Miriam A. Hyman
- Edith Boncamper
- Benicio Hall
- Boncamper's Miami Child
- Brenda Zamora
- Mia Beltran
- Zandy Hartig
- Journalist
- Nicholas Barrera
- Bus Passenger
- Fernando Martinez
- Bus Driver
- Melinna Bobadilla
- Mossack Fonseca Employee #1
- Frank Gallegos
- Father Héctor Gallego
- Christian De León
- Young Ramón
- Gabriel 'G-Rod' Rodriguez
- Sinaloa Cartel Leader (as G-Rod)
- Miracle Washington
- Astrid
- Jonah Gould
- Event Planner
- Voda Wong
- Gu's Aide (as Kunjue Li)
- Ming Lo
- Chief Wang Lijun
- Brian Yang
- Arresting Officer #1
- James Hsu
- Arresting Officer #2
- Guido Foehrweisser
- Mossack Fonseca Employee #2
- Josef Urban
- Mossack Fonseca Employee #3
- Juan Monsalvez
- Panama Agent
- Richard Chacon
- Uniformed Panama Agent (as Richard J. Chacon)
- Alvin Zalamea
- Panama Arresting Agent #1
- Frank Trigg
- Panama Arresting Agent #2
- Joey Anaya
- Panama Arresting Agent #3
- Eddie J. Fernandez
- Panama Arresting Agent #4 (as Eddie Fernandez)
- Edu Carvalho
- Reporter #1
- Jonathan G. Rodriguez
- Reporter #2
- Kassandra Marron
- Reporter #3
About
Principal photography began on October 15, 2018.
The film The Laundromat was scheduled to be released on September 1, 2019 (Venice) and on September 27, 2019 (United States) by Netflix and TriPictures.
The duration of the film is 95 minutes.
The film had received a "R" rating.
Rating
The Laundromat got average rating from critics.
External links
IMDB: The Laundromat
Wikipedia: The Laundromat (film)